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Rabinovich ראבינאוויטש Yiddish, Russian
Means "son of the rabbi" (through the name Rabin), referring to a scholar or teacher of the Torah in Judaism.

Rabinovitch ראבינאוויטש Yiddish
Variant transcription of Rabinovich.

Rabinovitz ראבינאוויטש Yiddish
Variant of Rabinovich.

Rabinowicz Jewish
Polish Jewish name meaning son of rabbi from the root rabi meaning "rabbi" combined with the Polish patronymic suffix -owicz "son of"

Rabinowitz Jewish
Germanized variant of Rabinovich.

Rabinsky Jewish
From the root rabi "rabbi" combined with the Polish suffix -ski

Rachamiym רחמיים Hebrew
From the given name Rachamim.

Rachlyn Jewish (Rare), Polish (Rare), Brazilian (Rare)
Rachlyn is a Jewish surname derived directly from polish "Rachman". This surname is very rare and apparently only few members in Brazil, descendants of Polish survivors of Holocaust.... [more]

Rachman Ukrainian, Jewish
Rachman is an old Jewish name which means "Merciful" in Hebrew.... [more]

Rachvalsky Jewish
No history

Rafael רָפָאֵל Hebrew
From the given name Raphael, means "God heals" in Hebrew. The angel of healing.

Rafaeli רפאלי Hebrew
From the given name Rafael.

Raij Spanish, Judeo-Spanish, Portuguese, Romani (Caló)
Borrowed from Hindi राइज (raij) meaning "rice". This surname is found among Christian and Jewish Caló families.

Rainbow German (Anglicized), Jewish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Regenbogen.

Rak Polish, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Hungarian, Jewish
Polish, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, Hungarian (Rák), and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): from Slavic rak ‘crab’, ‘lobster’, or ‘crayfish’. This was applied as an occupational name for someone who caught and sold crayfish, crabs, or lobsters, or as a nickname to someone thought to resemble such a creature... [more]

Ralenok Belarusian, Jewish (?)

Rappaport Jewish

Raskin Jewish
Derived from the given name Raske which is a pet form of Rachel.

Rather German, Jewish
1. Occupational name for a counsellor or nickname for a wise person, from Middle High German rater ‘adviser’. ... [more]

Ratzon רָצוֹן Hebrew (Modern)
Means "will, wish, desire" in Hebrew.

Ravid רביד Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Ravid, means "ornament, necklace" in Hebrew.

Raviv רביב Hebrew
From Hebrew רָבִיב (raviv) meaning "droplet, rain, drizzle".

Raz רז Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Raz, means "secret" in Hebrew.

Recht German, Jewish
Nickname for an upright person, from Middle High German reht, German recht "straight". As a Jewish name it is mainly of ornamental origin.

Redlinger German, Jewish
Habitational name for someone from Redling in Bavaria, Germany.

Refael רְפָאֵל Hebrew
Original variant pronounciation of the name Raphael. Another variant for this surname is Refaeli.

Refaeli רפאלי Hebrew
Variant of Rafaeli. The Israeli model and actress Bar Refaeli (1985-) is a famous bearer of this name.

Regev רגב Hebrew
Means "clod of earth" in Hebrew.

Reichenberg German, Jewish
Habitational name from various places named Reichenberg in several different areas of Germany. As an ornamental name, it is composed of German reich(en) meaning "rich" and berg meaning "mountain, hill".

Reicher רייכער German, German (Austrian), Jewish
Derived from various placenames called Reich, Reichau, Reichen.

Reinhard German, Jewish
From the given name Reinhard.

Reinhardt German, Jewish
Derived from the given name Reinhard.

Reise German, Jewish
German (Westphalia) topographic name, from Middle Low German ris, res ‘swamp’. ... [more]

Reisner Jewish
Jewish (Ashkenazic) nickname for a traveler, from an agent derivative of German reisen ‘to travel’ (see Reise). Also a variant of Reis.

Reiss German, Jewish, French (Huguenot)
German: variant of Reis or from any of several Germanic personal names composed with ric ‘power(ful)’. Also from the French Huguenot forename Ris, rendered as Reis and Reiss.... [more]

Reisz Hungarian, German (Archaic), Jewish
Variant form of Reis, or else a patronymic from a pet form of one of the Germanic compound names formed with raginą "counsel, advice" as the first element.

Renley Jewish (Rare), English (Rare)
Possibly derived from the Old English rinc "man, warrior" or rim 'edge, circular edge' or possibly wraenna 'wren', and leah "field, clearing".

Reshef רשף Hebrew
From the given name Resheph.

Reuben ראובן English, Jewish
From the given name Reuben.

Reubens ראובן Jewish, English
Derived from the given name Reuben. This surname was borne by American comedian and actor Paul Reubens (1952-2023; birth name Paul Rubenfeld), who created and played the comic fictional character Pee-wee Herman.

Revere English, French, Judeo-Italian
French: variant of Rivière, Rivoire, or Rivier, topographic name for someone living on the banks of a river, French rivier ‘bank’, or habitational name from any of the many places in France named with this word.... [more]

Revivo Jewish

Reytblat Yiddish
Means "red leaf" in Yiddish. This is somewhat rare, chiefly used by Jews from Russia and Ukraine.

Reznik רעזניק Russian, Yiddish
Derived from Yiddish "רעזניק (reznik)" meaning butcher.... [more]

Reznikov רזניקוב Russian, Jewish
Occupational name for a Jewish ritual slaughterer, from Yiddish reznik meaning "butcher".

Reznyk רעזניק Ukrainian, Yiddish (Ukrainianized)
Derived from Yiddish "רעזניק (reznik)" meaning butcher.

Richling Jewish (Rare)
Russian Jewish surname from the Vilna Governorate of the Russian Empire.

Rifkin Jewish
Metronymic from the Yiddish female given name Rifke from the Hebrew given name Rivka (see Rebecca), with the addition of the Slavic suffix -in.

Rifkind Jewish
Variant of Rifkin. The final element was changed due to the influence of the Yiddish noun kind "child" (German: "Kinder").

Riftin Hebrew

Rives French, Jewish
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish female personal name Rive a back-formation from Rivke (see Rifkin).... [more]

Rivlin רִיבְלִין Belarusian, Jewish
Matronymic name derived from the given name Rivka. A famous bearer is Reuven Rivlin (1939-), the tenth President of Israel.

Rochman Jewish
Metronymic from the Yiddish given name Ruchel + suffix man "man".

Rockman German, Jewish
Possibly an altered spelling of Rochman.

Rockmann Jewish (Modern)

Rodin Jewish
Metronymic from the Yiddish personal name Rode, and related to the Old Czech root rád "merry", "joyful".

Rogala Polish (?), Hebrew (?)

Rogin Jewish
Habitational name from any of various villages named Rogi or from Rogin, all in Belarus.

Rohr German, Jewish
Topographic name for someone who lived in an area thickly grown with reeds, from Middle High German ror. Also a habitational name from one of the several places named with this word.

Romanoff Russian (Americanized), Jewish
Americanised form of Romanov.

Ronin Jewish

Rosen German, Jewish
Means "Roses" in German

Rosenbaum Jewish
Ornamental adoption of modern German Rosenbaum "rose bush".

Rosenblatt Jewish

Rosenblum Jewish
From rosen meaning "rose" and blume meaning "flower".

Rosenbluth Jewish
Means "rose bloom" in Middle High German.

Rosenburgh German, Jewish

Rosenburgh Russian, Jewish

Rosenfeldt German, Jewish
Variant of Rosenfeld

Rosengren German, Jewish, Danish

Rosenstein Jewish
Means "rose stone" in German.

Rosensweig German, Jewish
Variant form of Rosenzweig.

Rosenthal German, Jewish
name for any of numerous places named rosenthal or rosendahl. means " rose valley"

Rosenwald German, Jewish
Means "rose forest" in German. As a Jewish surname it is ornamental.

Rosenzweig German, Jewish
A German and Jewish surname, meaning "rose twig" or "branch".

Rosman Jewish

Rossbach Jewish
Jewish or Eastern European

Rossdale Jewish
Anglicized variant of German-Jewish Rosenthal.... [more]

Rossen Jewish

Rothman German, Jewish
German (Rothmann) and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a person with red hair, from an elaborated form of Roth 1. ... [more]

Rothstein German, Jewish
From German rot meaning "red" and stein meaning "stone".

Rowe Jewish
A shortened form of the surname Horowitz, a variant of the surname Horovic, from the town of Horovice, Czech Republic.

Royznbarg רויזןבאַרג Yiddish
Yiddish form of Rosenberg.

Rozenberg Yiddish (Russified)
A form of Rosenberg used for Cyrillic script languages. Aleksandr Rozenberg is the (as of 2024) current prime minister of Transnistria.

Rozman Jewish
Variant of Rosman. Slovenian (also Rožman): occupational name for a carter or a horse breeder or dealer, from Middle High German ros 'horse' + man 'man'. Compare German Rossmann.

Rózsavölgyi Hungarian, Jewish
Either a Magyarized form of Rosenthal, or a habitational name denoting a person from the village of Ružindol in the Trnava region of Slovakia (formerly a part of Hungary and called Rózsavölgy).

Rshevskiy m Russian, Jewish
Russian form of Rszewski.

Rua Jewish (Rare)
Israel, Spain

Rubenstein Jewish

Rubin רובין Jewish
From the given name Reuben.

Rubinoff Jewish
Variant of Rubinov.

Rubinov Russian, Jewish
Means "son of Rubin" in Russian, though it could also be derived from Russian рубин (rubin) "ruby".

Rubinshteyn רובינשטיין Jewish
Russian form of Rubinstein.

Rubinstein German, Jewish, Polish
Means "ruby stone", from rubin and stein. Rubin means "ruby" in German and stein means "stone" in German.

Rudik Russian, Ukrainian (Russified), Yiddish (?)
Nickname for a person with red hair.

Ruesch German (Swiss), Jewish
Swiss/German variant of Rusch. Meaning "shaggy," "bristly," "unkempt," or "quick."

Rusak Polish, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Jewish

Rutman Jewish, German
1. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): origin uncertain; perhaps a variant of Rothman. ... [more]

Ruzin Arabic, Jewish

Ryakhovskiy m Russian, Jewish

Rybak Polish, Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Jewish
Means "fisherman" in some Slavic languages. Derived from the word ryba "fish". A famous bearer is Byelarusian-Norwegian artist Alexander Rybak (b. 1986) who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2009.

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